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New Special Offer: Vermont Bar Association

The Vermont Bar Association partners with Solo Practice University® to offer its members a preferred discount on tuition when they enroll. Solo Practice University® is the only online educational and professional networking community designed to help lawyers and law students create and build their solo and small firm practices.

Learn more below and take advantage of this special benefit and exclusive discount today!

Offer Partners

The Vermont Bar Association seeks to improve the practice of law, promote the rule of law, facilitate the administration of justice, elevate professional standards, and foster collegiality among lawyers in Vermont.

Established in 2009, Solo Practice University® is the only online educational and professional networking community for solo lawyers and law students. A community dedicated to helping you build your very own solo law practice.

What do you get when you enroll?

Education. Gain full access to hundreds of individual classes for solo lawyers when you enroll. Most lessons are pre-recorded and can be watched or listened to on your own schedule. New lessons are posted regularly.

Complimentary One Half Hour Law Practice Management Consultation*. Talking with a professional LPM Advisor may mean the difference between success and failure. We don’t want you to fail. *with annual enrollment.

Professional Networking. Build your professional network and get connected with faculty members and like-minded solo lawyers and law students via groups, forum discussions, comments or private messages. Once you enroll, you can create your profile, upload a picture and start exploring the community on your own schedule.

Website Publishing. Create public or private blogs and websites with just a few clicks using our built-in publishing software. Choose a theme, add your content and hook up a custom domain. Hosting and support from an experienced website developer included. Websites and blogs are powered by WordPress publishing software.

Special Discounts. The Solo Practice University® COOP is a showcase of products and services for solo lawyers. Enrolled students receive substantial discounts on insurance, books, services and other products.

Message from the Founder

Solo Practice University® was created to both replace the apprentice experience if you haven’t had one and to complement the apprentice experience if you do – without sucking up years of your life. It’s a single online destination where lawyers and law students learn the basics of running a solo practice, take classes and get expert feedback from lawyers and business professionals in specialized fields.

Solo Practice University® combines all the benefits of an educational community, legal blog, a professional network, and a legal conference. You’ll find teachers who are well-known and highly regarded in their fields teaching through video, podcast and other media to bring the experience of the classroom home to your computer.

Ultimately, Solo Practice University® has just one goal: to help you open your own solo practice. We’ll keep making this community stronger, better, and easier to use until we get you there.

Susan Cartier LiebelFounder/CEO, Solo Practice University®

What are people saying?

Solo Practice University® creates a subculture in the legal profession that encourages entrepreneurial spirit and innovation.

Heather Sarver

Your best immediate investment might be Solo Practice University®, an online legal learning and networking institution that fills in the many practical gaps in your law school education.

Semi-annual

$395

Enroll Securely: When you enroll using any of the buttons above, you will be redirected to PayPal where you are given the option to pay with a credit card on a secure server. If you don’t have a PayPal account, you can enroll using any major credit card. Once your payment is complete, you will be directed back to our website to create and activate your profile.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the preferred discount for members of the Vermont Bar Association?

The Vermont Bar Association’s special partnership with Solo Practice University® entitles its insureds to a preferred discount for annual and semi-annual enrollment subscriptions at Solo Practice University®. Use the enrollment buttons above to secure a preferred discount. Annual subscriptions are discounted to $645 per year (normally $795). Semi-annual subscriptions are discounted to $395 per six months (normally $445).

What you need

As long as you have a modern browser, you can enjoy Solo Practice University® from anywhere.

How long does it take to enroll?

You can enroll in minutes. Select your plan, process your payment, and start building your profile! You will receive an email activation link immediately to verify your email address and then you’ll receive your password.

Can I upgrade or downgrade my subscription?

Yes. You can upgrade or downgrade your subscription anytime.

Consultations New

Receive a complimentary half-hour consultation with one of our law practice management advisors when you enroll at the annual level after January 19th 2015. Existing members of the community can also request a consultation at a significantly reduced rate. All consultations are telephonic or video at the discretion of the consultant. Click to learn more.

Is there a free trial?

No.

What if I join now, but decide to cancel?

There are no refunds, prorated or otherwise, on any special promotional tuition or discounted tuition. The refund policy applies exclusively to full and regular semi-annual and annual tuition which has been paid in full.

Locked-For-Life Rates

Whenever you decide to enroll, whether as a semi-annual or annual subscriber, your rates are locked-for-life regardless of any future tuition increases. As long as your subscription auto-renews uninterrupted we will never increase your tuition. It’s that simple.

What do you get when you enroll?

You gain access to all courses. Courses are either audio or video and available to you 24/7 without limitation. There are approximately 50 courses being offered right now (more than 1100 individual classes) in subjects ranging from substantive areas, such as family law, immigration, and trial techniques, to technology, marketing and law practice management courses and we continue to expand our offerings.

You gain access to all faculty and can participate in the official faculty-moderated study groups and forums to enhance your learning experience.

Our blog network runs on WordPress and there are a variety of themes and plug-ins available. Your blog(s) hosting is included when you enroll. And you can even hook up your blog(s) with custom domain(s).

You also gain access to all community features. You can build a profile page, make connections with faculty, other lawyers and law students, join groups and create groups.

When you enroll, you can create an unlimited number of personal and professional blogs and maintain full control of the blog(s).

Not sure how to blog? We offer a ‘Blogging for Lawyers’ course and ‘HTML, WordPress, and More’ course. You will gain access to a supportive community of lawyers and law students with blogs helping one another, too.

You will receive special student pricing at the SPU COOP! The SPU COOP is a place where you can buy professional liability insurance, law practice management solutions, books, services and products Solo Practice University® has determined provide real value to solos.